Facebook Says It Removed 2.2 Billion Fake Accounts in 3 Months

Facebook Says It Removed 2.2 Billion Fake Accounts in 3 Months
Stickers bearing the Facebook logo are pictured at Facebook Inc's F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S. on April 30, 2019. Stephen Lam/Reuters
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Facebook said it removed about 2.2 billion fake accounts in three months.

In a report on May 23, the social media firm said that “the amount of accounts we took action on increased due to automated attacks by bad actors who attempt to create large volumes of accounts at one time.”
Jack Phillips
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